Product Description: Dark Light of Love, John S. Dunne's twenty-third book, was written before his death on November 11, 2013. Dunne, called by Christian Century "one of the most serious and original theologians in the country," continues his quest of faith seeking understanding...read more

Product Description: In his new book, John S. Dunne asks: “So what is eternal consciousness? It is, I take it, consciousness of the eternal in us. If time is ‘a changing image of eternity,’ as Plato says, the changing image of the human being is like The Voyage of Life, four paintings by Thomas Cole, showing childhood, youth, adulthood, and age...read more

Product Description: "There is nothing wiser than the circle," Rilke says in his Stories of God. John Dunne's new book explores the wisdom of the circle. He uses the metaphor of the circle dance, a folk dance in which the women form an inner circle, holding hands and moving clockwise; the men form an outer circle, moving counterclockwise...read more

“The integration of mind and heart (and soul and might)—allied with Dunne’s originality and creativity—is what makes his work so vital. His work is important not only to scholars and students of theology but to people of all walks of life who want to reflect on the meaning of their lives.” —Elizabeth E. Carr, Smith College “A Journey with God in Time is the personal testimony of a theological mind of rare quality.” —John T. Noonan, Jr., author of The Lustre of Our Country In this unique autobiography, John Dunne meditates on what it is to love God with all one’s mind, might, heart, and soul. Dunne’s captivating prose connects contemporary theology with the very real life experiences of finding, losing, and living love. Centered around pivotal moments at various stages in his life, A Journey with God in Time uses the grist of Dunne’s experiences to plumb new theological and spiritual depths. A series of dramatic Thomas Cole paintings reflects the time periods—childhood, youth, adulthood, and old age—that form the organizational backbone of this work. Among the life experiences Dunne discusses are his relationship with his grandfather, his love of music, and his thoughts on death. In prose and song cycles Dunne takes readers on a spiritual journey through his extraordinary, and sometimes ordinary, life. Readers will find rich nourishment for mind and soul in this compelling new book. (view table of contents)

Product Description: “John Dunne has been pursuing human wholeness through the course of his many books. His insights into our completeness come out of his unique journey leading to the healing of his own separations: from the paths not taken earlier in life that return to join the one consciously chosen; from his relationships with others, leading to his meeting other people where we are most alone; and, ultimately, from his discovery of God’s presence in his own experience of longing...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Using the method of spiritual reading, lectio divina or divine reading as it is called in monasteries, the author of this book sets out his interpretation of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and especially John. He argues that reading the Gospels means passing over into the relation of Jesus with his God...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Do we love with a love we know, or with a love we do not know? This question, posed to Dunne in a dream, prompts him to describe the journey one takes in contemplating and coming to know love. His insights lead him to a vision of the city of God, in which contemplation replaces violence. (view table of contents)

Product Description: We are all mystics, if we take the word mysticism to mean union or communion with ultimate reality. So writes John S. Dunne in this in-depth examination of mysticism. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The author recounts the sense of peace he achieved traveling, three times, to Jerusalem

Product Description: This study aims to be a contemporary contribution to a continuing Christian discourse. It includes voices from the spheres of theology, philosophy, literature and the visual arts.

Product Description: Meditations and thoughts on wisdom.

Describes visits to Istanbul, the Rothko Chapel, and the Meditation room at the U.N. and explores the meaning of love, wisdom, and faith

A Catholic theologian's account of a riverboat journey up the Amazon, which leads to the discovery of the Church of the Poor Devil, is the starting point of a compelling spiritual journey

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Product Description: The Way of All the Earth: Experiments in Truth and Religion

Product Description: Traces man's political and social mythologies starting from ancient Sumeria. 242 pages. U. Notre Dame Press, 1978. Paperback.

Product Description: In this work, John Dunne shows how we can, through an examination of our own lives and the lives of great writers and philosophers, become closer to the face underlying all, that of the compassionate God.

Product Description: Time and Myth analyzes man's confrontation with the inevitability of death in the cultural, personal, and religious spheres, viewing each as a particular kind of myth shaped by the impact of time. With penetrating simplicity the author poses the timeless dilemma of the human condition and seeks to resolve it through stories of adventures, journeys, and voyages inspired by man's encounter with death; stories of childhood, youth, manhood, and age; and, finally, stories of God and of man wrestling with God and the unknown...read more